
Artwork Details
- Title
- “Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Inherit the Earth”
- Artist
- Commissioner
- Society of Medallic Arts
- Founder
- Medallic Art Company
- Date
- 1948
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 2 7⁄8 in. (7.3 cm) diam.
- Markings
- reverse lower center in relief: Michael Lantz 48 © around edge in relief: BLESSED ¨ ARE ¨ THE ¨ MEEK ¨ FOR ¨ THEY ¨ SHALL ¨ INHERIT ¨ THE ¨ EARTH rim: The Society of Medalists thirty-seventh issue 1948 Michael Lantz sculptor Medalic Art Co. N.Y. bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Keywords
- Figure
- Figure group — male
- Figure female — nude
- Animal — horse
- Religion — New Testament — Christ
- Figure female — full length
- Literature — Bible
- Object Number
- 1972.167.36
Artwork Description
Research has not revealed the purpose behind this medal designed by Michael Lantz. The inscription comes from the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in the New Testament, and it is possible that the medal was commissioned in response to the tragedy of the Second World War.